Alioranus pastoralis (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1872)
Description
Male
Prosoma dark brown, star-shaped mark distinct, narrow dark margins. Sternum black-brown. Legs yellow-brown. Opisthosoma uniform dark grey, long-oval. Palp: Patella approximatelly 1.5x as long as wide. Tibia dorsally with short anteriad directed apophysis, retrolaterally excised. Embolus with funnel-like structure, weakly sclerotized.
Prosoma length: 0.6 mm, prosoma width: 0.5 mm.
Female
Colour as in male. Epigyne: Strongly pigmented, protruding. Receptacula barely visible. Light, deep groove bears lateral openings.
Prosoma length: 0.7 mm, prosoma width: 0.5 mm.
Additional information
Under stones in a range of habitats (Chios, Greece)
Character states from linyphiid key
Distribution
Figures
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Wunderlich 1980g)
Pedipalp
(Tanasevitch 1989)
Embolic division
(Wunderlich 1980g)
Tibia
(Wunderlich 1980g)
Epigyne
(Wunderlich 1980g)
Epigyne
(Tanasevitch 1989)
Epigyne
(Lecigne 2023)
Vulva
(Wunderlich 1980g)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Lecigne 2023)
Distribution List
"No references" does not mean that the species does not occur in this country, but that we have not yet inserted the reference for it. We are working on it.
References
Bosmans R, Van Keer J, Russell-Smith A, Hadjiconstantis M, Komnenov M, Bosselaers J, Huber S, McCowan D, Snazell R, Decae A, Zoumides C, Kielhorn K-H, Oger P (2019c) Spiders of Cyprus (Araneae). A catalogue of all currently known species from Cyprus. Newsletter of the Belgian Arachnological Society 34, Suppl. 1: 1-173 
Bosmans R, Van Keer J, Russell-Smith A, Kronestedt T, Alderweireldt M, Bosselaers J, De Koninck H (2013) Spiders of Crete (Araneae). A catalogue of all currently known species from the Greek island of Crete. Nieuwsbrief van de Belgische Arachnologische Vereniging 28 (Suppl. 1): 1-147
Danışman T, Kunt K B, Özkütük R S, Coşar İ (2025a) The checklist of the spiders of Turkey. Version 2025 [last updated 01 December 2025], online at http://www.spidersofturkey.info
Lecigne S (2023) New contribution to the spider fauna (Arachnida: Araneae) of Kerkyra (Corfu) and update of the provisional checklist of species from the Ionian Island. Journal of the Belgian Arachnological Society 38 (1, suppl.): 1-51
Nuruyeva T, Zamani A (2025) An annotated checklist of the spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) of Azerbaijan. Zootaxa 5680: 1-168
Russell-Smith A, Allison R, Askins M, Blumsom W, Snazell R, Spilling C (2011) A provisional checklist and gazetteer of the spiders of Chios, Greece (Arachnida: Araneae). Bulletin of the British Arachnological Society 15: 133-167
Tanasevitch A V (1989) The linyphiid spiders of Middle Asia (Arachnida: Araneae: Linyphiidae). Senckenbergiana Biologica 69: 83-176
WSC (2026) World Spider Catalog. Version 27. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (13.2.2026) doi: 10.24436/2
Wunderlich J (1980g) Drei neue Linyphiidae-Genera aus Europa (Arachnida: Araneae). Senckenbergiana Biologica 61: 119-125